father, ſaying, There ſhall not fail thee a man upon 7: 1 _ |}
the throne of [frael, COS | ; Upon that condition 3 for my Promiſe to David was Con- LY
ditional: | TOY
6 But * if ye ſhall at all turn from following me &,ye + , $a.
or your children, and will not keep my command.- 7.. 14-
ments and my ſtatutes, which I have ſer before you, but go and ſerve other gods, and worſhip them :
k Or rather, if ye ſball wholy turn, $&c. If you ſhall wilfully-and obſrinately depart from God, and violate his Laws,as the doubling of the Word implies. Whereby he alſo intimates, That he would not be ſo rigid and ſevere towards them, as to mark every thing that was amils ; but would bear with much, as he did in Devid,&Cc- only that he would not endure a total defe&ion from hime
7 Then will I cut off Ifrael out of the land which : — them, and this houſe which I have hal- owed * for my name, will I caſt out of my fight 1, and g7x.. - -.: Iſrael ſhall be a proverb ws, and a gg..” — all Jer-7ris. people :
] I will not regard it ; I will take away my Prote&ion and gras cious Preſence ſrom it. »» Their Miteries ſhall be named Provegs bially, to expreſs extream Calamities. See Deut. 28. 37.
s And at this houſe which is high », every one that paſſeth by ir ſhall be aſtoniſhed o, and ſhall hiſs p; and they ſhall ſay, * Why hath the LORD done thus unto s «; ... this land, and to this houſe ? | ,
n i. e. Exalted in its Priviledges, Glorious, and Renouned. The Jer:228, Particle which 1s oft underſtood, and is here fitly ſupplied out, of © 2 Chron. 7-21 where it is expreſſed. o At its unexpe&ed and won= derful Ruine. p By way of Contempt and Derifion. See Fer:19:8: and 49 17: and 50: 13, _
9 And they ſhall anſwer, Becauſe they forſook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fachers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worſhipped them, and ſerved them : therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.
10 4 And * it came to paſs at the end of twenty
years, * when Solomon had built the two houſes, the Mor houſe of the LORD, and the kings houſe. 37, 38.
11 ( Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furniſhed nd 7: a; Solomon with cedar-trees, and fir-trees,and with gold, according to all his deſire ) that then king Solomon gave Hiram ewenty cities in the land of Galilee p.
p Or, near ( as Beth off ſignifies, as hath been proved before ) the Land of Galilee bordering upon it; in thoſe parts which were near, and adjoyning to Hiram's Dominions; with the Cities,under- itans the Lands and Territories belonging to them. Queſt. How could Solomon give away any part of that Land wherein the People had a Righr by a Divine Lor, and God had a Right, as being the. only Proprietary ot it ; upon which ground the total Alienation of it, Or any part of it, was tor bidden. Levie. 25.23? Anſw. 1. it is not laid, that he gave them away wholly, and for ever ; but he mighr Aſhign them to him only for a time,until he was fully fatisfied tor his Debt. 2. If theſe Cities were pollefſed by 1/raelites, Solomon did nor give him their particular Poſſeffions, but only his own Royalties over them, and all the Profits he received from them: which were very conſiderable, as may be gathered from that paſ- lage, Chap» 12.4. 3. Thele Cities, though they were within thoſe large bounds which God fixed to the Land of Promiſe, Gen. 15: 18. 10). 1. 4. yet were not within thoſe parts which were diſtributed by Lot in 7:jbus's Time ; nor belonging to the Tribe of her, ( as ſome ſuppoie ) as may be gathered both from ' Foſb. 19, ver. 27. where zheir border is 1aid to go out only to the Land of Cabul ; to wit, excluſively : and wer, 30. where all their Cities are ſaid to be bur Twenty ana rwo ; and from 2 Chron. 8. 2« where it is ſaid of thoſe. - Cities, when Hiram reſtored them, That Solomen built. them, and cauſea the children of Iſrael to dwell there. Which makes it more than probable, that theſe Cities were not Inhabited by 1ſ-aelires, but by Canaanites, or other Heathens ; who being Subdued, and Extirpated by David, or Silom, thole Cities became a part.of their Domini= ons, and at their Diſpoſal ; and afrerwardsHere reckoned a part of Galilee, as Joſephus nores. And may be one reaſon, why he gave
rheſe, rather than other Cities, becauſe they were-in his power to give, when others were nor.
12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to ſee the cities which Solomon had given him, and they + pleaſed: him not 9. Is,
q He did not accept them for fatisfa&tion, becauſe the Cities obs =
were out of repair, as appears from wer. 13, and the Soyl not good
od ;.: in his Eyes, and therefore he refuſed them, 2 Chron. 8: 2. and ex- SO
petted, and doubrlefs had fatisfattion ſome-other way'; as may be zathered from the following Story. 13 And he ſaid, Whar cicies are theſe which thow- y -;,, -, haſt given me, my brother ? And he called them the a;jplea/ing - | pleaſmg, land of || Cabul r unto this day. i
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IX. FA: LL EINGSE
r. 7, 6. Of dirt, as moſt interpret it. Not that it was a barren Soil.as ſome imagine ; for they who deſcribe thoſe parts,commend them as Fruitful : nor would Solomon have made him ſo unworthy a return : but becauſe it was not pleaſant,nor aggreeable to his,nor to his Peoples Humour ; becauſe, though the Land was very good,
et being a thick and ſtiff Clay,and thereforerequiring great pains to manure and Improve it, it was very unſuitable to the Diſpotition of the Tyrians, who were Delicat, and Lazy, and Luxurious, and wholly given to Merchandiſe. bh”
14 And Hiram ſent s to the king ſixſcore talents of
old.
5 s Or rather, for Hiram had ſent. And this ſeems to be here ad- ded, both to declare the quantity of the Gold ſent, which had been only named before, wer, «1. and as the reaſon why he reſented Solomon's Aion ſo ill, becauſe ſo great a Sum required a better Recompence. |
i5 4 And this is the reaſon of the levy which king Solomon raiſed ?, for to build the houſe of the LORD, and his own houſe, and Millo «, and the wall of Je- ruſalem, and Hazor x, and Megiddo z, and Gezer z.